The football championships will return to Qualcomm Stadium this
year thanks to the San Diego Chargers.
The top three divisions, open, D1 and D2 will play their title games on
Monday, December 2nd while the semifinals will be Wednesday, November 27th; the day
before Thanksgiving.

Last year the finals were held at Escondido high school because of
the Charger’s schedule while Mesa College and Southwestern College were not
available.

For 2013 the Chargers were planning on beginning the installation
of a new field on Monday, December 2nd after their game on Sunday. But the Chargers are willing to wait until
late Monday night to start tearing up the field, which gives them less than six
days before the next Charger game on December 8th.

The three title games at Qualcomm will likely be earlier in the
day so that the open division game is completed by early evening. This will give the grounds crew several hours
on Monday night to begin their work and they will likely work through the night
to complete their tear down with installation of the new field sometime
Tuesday.

The D3 and D4 title games will be at Mesa College on Saturday,
December 7th while the D5 game will be at Mesa College on Saturday, November 30th.

The Rolls Royce of Running Backs

Imperial RB Royce Freeman, who is committed
to Oregon, is not only the top overall prospect in San Diego but considered one
of the top RB in the nation. Freeman has
the desirable combination of power and speed with a 5-11, 215 lb. frame while
running the 40 in 4.58, while being able to change direction quite efficiently for his size.

Freeman will likely finish top 10
all-time in San Diego for career rushing yards and career TD. Royce Freeman will be considered one of the
great RB to come out of San Diego, which includes Heisman Trophy winners Reggie
Bush (Helix), Marcus Allen (Lincoln), Rashaan Salaam (La Jolla Country Day) and
Ricky Williams (Patrick Henry).

Imperial will only make one trip to
the San Diego area before the playoffs this year with a game at Mater Dei on
Friday, September 20. Imperial also
plays San Diego area teams Sweetwater and Olympian at Imperial this year.

Although Royce Freeman is likely the San Diego Section player of
the year he may not get the award because no player from the Imperial County
has ever won the award. Although most of
the Imperial County schools only started playing in the San Diego Section since
2000 so there isn’t a long history.

State CIF Looking for
All-Century Teams

In anticipation of the upcoming 100th
anniversary celebration the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) is now
accepting nominations for its All-Century Teams. All former student-athletes
that demonstrated significant athletic contribution in CIF approved high school
athletics are eligible and anyone can nominate a student-athlete they feel is
worthy.

During the 2014-15 school year voting for the
All-Century Teams will take place to determine the final team. The state CIF was established in 1914 and
will be celebrating the 100th anniversary next school year.

In 2010 the CIF-San Diego section celebrated 50
years and put together the top 50 players and 50 moments from the San Diego
section with the help of local coaches, administrators and media.

Nominations for the CIF All-Century Teams will be
accepted on the cifstate.org website.
Fall sports nominations will be accepted September-November; Winter
sports nominations will be accepted December-February; and Spring nominations
will be accepted March-May. Visit the
State CIF website for more information.

Additionally, the CIF is gathering stories of
former student-athletes on how high school sports had an impact on their life.
That is the real story of the CIF and we need the public’s help to gather those
stories. Visit the State CIF website for more information.

“We are eager to begin the festivities for the 100th
anniversary celebration and get everyone’s input on who’s who in education
based athletics in California,” said CIF Executive Director Roger L. Blake. “We
also look forward to hearing the stories as told by our former student-athletes
on how high school sports impacted their lives.”